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Peter Christoff
Researcher at University of Melbourne
Publications - 36
Citations - 1713
Peter Christoff is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 33 publications receiving 1512 citations.
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Ecological modernisation, ecological modernities
TL;DR: The concept of ecological modernisation is increasingly being used in policy analysis to indicate deeply embedded and ecologically self-conscious forms of cultural transformation as mentioned in this paper, and there is a danger that the term may serve to legitimise the continuing instrumental domination and destruction of the environment.
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Equitable mitigation to achieve the Paris Agreement goals
Yann Robiou du Pont,M. Louise Jeffery,Johannes Gütschow,Joeri Rogelj,Joeri Rogelj,Peter Christoff,Malte Meinshausen,Malte Meinshausen +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated five equitable approaches to mitigation and found that most developing countries are more ambitious than the average, whilst if developed nations and China adopted the average of the approaches the gap between INDCs and a 2'°C pathway would narrow.
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The promissory note: COP 21 and the Paris Climate Agreement
TL;DR: The 2015 UN climate negotiations in Paris resulted in an inclusive, binding treaty that succeeds the Kyoto Protocol as mentioned in this paper, which was seen as a major diplomatic success that has regenerated faith in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a forum for dynamic multilateralism.
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Cold climate in Copenhagen: China and the United States at COP15
TL;DR: In this article, the key contributions of China and the United States are assessed, with consequences that amplified longstanding weaknesses in the UNFCCC and shaped the Copenhagen Accord's result, and why domestic institutions and circumstances influenced and constrained these states' actions.
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Policy autism or double-edged dismissiveness? Australia's climate policy under the Howard government
TL;DR: In June this year, while the Hollywood climate shock film The Day After Tomorrow was screening around Australia, Prime Minister John Howard launched his government's long awaited Energy White Paper as mentioned in this paper.